RidePanda wants to be your one-stop shop for electric bikes and scooters

Your local bike shop won’t carry them. Amazon has too many of them. And the ones from the sharing services keep breaking down. Where are you supposed to go to find a decent electric bike or scooter?

How about RidePanda, the new online marketplace for battery-powered two-wheelers? The site, which just came out of stealth last week, aims to become a “one-stop shop” for electric micromobility. Each e-bike, e-scooter, and e-moped is hand-picked, tested, and rated based on its components. There are add-ons, like financing, warranties, and assembly assistance. And with bike and scooter sales booming amid the pandemic, RidePanda’s timing may be extremely fortuitous.

RidePanda is the brainchild of two veterans of the scooter wars: Chinmay...

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